George W. Prince

George W. Prince
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's15thdistrict
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	J. Ross Mickey
Succeeded by	Stephen A. Hoxworth
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's10thdistrict
In office December 2, 1895 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	Philip S. Post
Succeeded by	George Edmund Foss
Member of theIllinois House of Representatives
In office 1888-1892
Personal details
Born	George Washington Prince (1854-03-04)March 4, 1854 Tazewell County, Illinois
Died	September 26, 1939(1939-09-26)(aged 85) Los Angeles,California
Political party	Republican

George Washington Prince(March 4, 1854 – September 26, 1939) was aU.S. RepresentativefromIllinois.

Born inTazewell County, Illinois,Prince attended the public schools. He was graduated from Knox College,Galesburg, Illinois,in 1878. He studied law. He wasadmitted to the barin 1880 and commenced practice inGalesburg, Illinois. City attorney of Galesburg 1881–1883. He served as chairman of the Republican county central committee of Knox County in 1884. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1888. He was reelected in 1890. He was an unsuccessful candidate for attorney general of Illinois on the Republican ticket in 1892.

Prince was elected as aRepublicanto theFifty-fourthCongress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofPhilip Sidney Post. He was reelected to theFifty-fifthand to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from December 2, 1895, to March 3, 1913. He served as chairman of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics (Fifty-sixthCongress), Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Fifty-ninthandSixtiethCongresses), Committee on Claims (Sixty-firstCongress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to theSixty-thirdCongress. He moved toLos Angeles, California,in 1913 and continued the practice of law. He retired from active business pursuits in 1917 and resided inLos Angeles, California,until his death in that city on September 26, 1939. He was interred inInglewood Park Cemetery,Inglewood, California.

References

• United States Congress."George W. Prince (id: P000538)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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